Alexi Wood and Jennifer Saville were pleased to once again present at the CCLA’s Annual Fundamental Freedoms Conference on the topic of Selfies, Sexting and the Law. Now in its 22nd year, the conference brings together hundreds of Toronto District School Board high school students who have the opportunity to attend workshops on many issues including: food […]

Alexi Wood was pleased to speak at this month’s gathering of Women’s InTOition. After an advance screening of “On the Basis of Sex” – the Ruth Bader Ginsberg biopic – Wood discussed how far the law has come in protecting gender equality, and how far it still has to go. Women’s InTOition is a Toronto-based community […]

Alexi Wood and Jennifer Saville were pleased to be asked to speak at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law’s Emerging Issues Workshop. Wood and Saville led a discussion on the impact of the #MeToo movement on litigation relating to sexual harassment. The discussion focused on the challenges faced in bringing sexual harassment claims, both […]

Alex Wood will speak about #metoo journalism at the annual conference of the Canadian Media Lawyers’ Association (“Ad IDEM”) on November 3rd in Montreal. At the annual conference, panelists will discuss recent developments in the law both in Canada and internationally. Ad IDEM is dedicated to the protection and enhancement of free expression in Canada […]

Phil Tunley appeared before the Standing Committee of the Senate on Legal and Constitutional Affairs to provide testimony, as the President of Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE), on proposed amendments to the Access to Information Act (Canada) contained in Bill C-58. The proceedings can be found here. At the request of Committee members, on […]

Join Alexi Wood at today’s conference organized by the Advocates’ Society: Defamation Law – What Litigators Need to Know. Wood will be on a panel discussing cyber libel challenges in practice, with a focus on emerging trends in online harassment and privacy.

Canadian Journalists for Free Expression and St. Lawrence Barristers are excited to host the upcoming panel Engaging the Media in Your Client’s Interests. Panelists will lead a discussion among lawyers and journalists about press attention to legal cases. The panel will take place on September 27, 2018 at 5:30pm at The Albany Club. For more […]

Alexi Wood is pleased to announce that she has been asked to sit on the newly created International Advisory Council for the University of Cincinnati College of Law. The International Advisory Council will guide the Law School in the implementation and expansion of its international programs, including the Law School’s international LLM program.

This week, Phil Tunley was recognized for his 20th year as an instructor at the Intensive Trial Advocacy Workshop run by Osgoode Professional Development. Alexi Wood was pleased to attend as a guest presenter. Now in its 39th year, the Intensive Trial Advocacy Workshop is Canada’s preeminent trial advocacy skills program, bringing together an exceptional group […]